Intervehicle communication and notification

Abstract

Technologies are shown for intervehicle communication involving notification messages sent from one vehicle to another vehicle. Sensor event data from one vehicle can be sent in a wireless message to another vehicle and information from the wireless message displayed to a driver of the other vehicle providing the driver with information that may not be detectable by the sensors in the driver's vehicle. The information from the wireless message can be displayed to the user on a user interface and can include a representation of an object detected by the other vehicle along with information about the position, speed, type or direction of the detected object. User interfaces can include graphical user interfaces, haptic devices and audio devices.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented vehicle communication method, the method comprising:
 in a first vehicle, automatically determining that a second vehicle is within a predetermined proximity to the first vehicle;   responsive to determining that the second vehicle is within the predetermined proximity to the first vehicle, transmitting a first message from the first vehicle to the second vehicle;   receiving a second message in the first vehicle from the second vehicle, where the second message is responsive to the first message and the second message includes information based on a sensor input event in the second vehicle;   converting at least some of the information from the second message to a representation of the sensor input event in the second vehicle; and   displaying the representation of the sensor input event in the second vehicle on a user interface of the first vehicle.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , where the step of displaying a representation of the second vehicle event on a user interface of the first vehicle comprises:
 displaying a graphical representation of the second vehicle to be displayed on the user interface of the first vehicle; and   displaying at least some of the information from the second message in association with the graphical representation of the second vehicle.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the information from the second message that is displayed in association with the graphical representation of the second vehicle includes at least one of a position, a distance, a speed or a direction of the second vehicle. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein:
 the information from the second message indicates at least one of a braking action, a turning action, an acceleration action, a door opening action, or a historical driving pattern of the second vehicle; and   the information displayed in association with the graphical representation of the second vehicle includes at least one of the braking action, the turning action, the acceleration action, the door opening action, or a potential action relating to the historical driving pattern of the second vehicle.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the information from the second message indicates that the sensor input event in the second vehicle comprises at least one of a position, a direction or a speed of a third object; and   the information displayed in association with the graphical representation of the second vehicle includes at least one of the position, the direction or the speed of the third object.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , where the step of displaying a representation of the second vehicle event on a user interface of the first vehicle includes:
 displaying a graphical representation of the third object on the user interface of the first vehicle; and   displaying at least one of the position, the direction or the speed of the third object from the information from the second message to be displayed in association with the graphical representation of the third object.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 2 , where:
 the information from the second message includes information based on a sensor input event in a third vehicle and the method further comprises:   the step of converting at least some of the information from the second message to a representation of the sensor input event in the second vehicle includes converting at least some of the information based on the sensor input event in the third vehicle from the second message to a representation of the sensor input event in the third vehicle; and   the step of displaying the representation of the sensor input event in the second vehicle on a user interface of the first vehicle includes displaying the representation of the sensor input event in the third vehicle on the user interface of the first vehicle.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , where the step of displaying the representation of the sensor input event in the third vehicle on the user interface of the first vehicle comprises displaying a graphical representation of the third vehicle on the user interface of the first vehicle. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , where:
 the information based on the sensor input event in the third vehicle from the second message includes information corresponding to at least one of a position, a direction or a speed of the third vehicle; and   the step of displaying the representation of the sensor input event in the third vehicle on the user interface of the first vehicle includes displaying at least one of the position, the direction or the speed of the third vehicle from the information from the second message.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7 , where the third vehicle is outside of the predetermined proximity to the first vehicle. 
     
     
         11 . A vehicle communication system, the system comprising:
 one or more processors; and   at least one computer storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a vehicle communication method comprising:   in a first vehicle, automatically determining that a second vehicle is within a predetermined proximity to the first vehicle;   responsive to determining that the second vehicle is within the predetermined proximity to the first vehicle, transmitting a first message from the first vehicle to the second vehicle;   receiving a second message in the first vehicle from the second vehicle, where the second message is responsive to the first message and the second message includes information based on a sensor input event in the second vehicle;   converting at least some of the information from the second message to a representation of the sensor input event in the second vehicle; and   displaying the representation of the sensor input event in the second vehicle on a user interface of the first vehicle.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , where the step of displaying a representation of the second vehicle event on a user interface of the first vehicle comprises:
 displaying a graphical representation of the second vehicle to be displayed on the user interface of the first vehicle; and   displaying at least some of the information from the second message in association with the graphical representation of the second vehicle.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the information from the second message that is displayed in association with the graphical representation of the second vehicle includes at least one of a position, a distance, a speed or a direction of the second vehicle. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein:
 the information from the second message indicates at least one of a braking action, a turning action, an acceleration action, a door opening action, or a historical driving pattern of the second vehicle; and   the information displayed in association with the graphical representation of the second vehicle includes at least one of the braking action, the turning action, the acceleration action, the door opening action, or a potential action relating to the historical driving pattern of the second vehicle.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein:
 the information from the second message indicates that the sensor input event in the second vehicle comprises at least one of a position, a direction or a speed of a third object; and   the information displayed in association with the graphical representation of the second vehicle includes at least one of the position, the direction or the speed of the third object.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , where the step of displaying a representation of the second vehicle event on a user interface of the first vehicle includes:
 displaying a graphical representation of the third object on the user interface of the first vehicle; and   displaying at least one of the position, the direction or the speed of the third object from the information from the second message to be displayed in association with the graphical representation of the third object.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 12 , where:
 the information from the second message includes information based on a sensor input event in a third vehicle and the method further comprises:   the step of converting at least some of the information from the second message to a representation of the sensor input event in the second vehicle includes converting at least some of the information based on the sensor input event in the third vehicle from the second message to a graphical representation of the sensor input event in the third vehicle; and   the step of displaying the representation of the sensor input event in the second vehicle on a user interface of the first vehicle includes displaying the graphical representation of the sensor input event in the third vehicle on the user interface of the first vehicle.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , where:
 the information based on the sensor input event in the third vehicle from the second message includes information corresponding to at least one of a position, a direction or a speed of the third vehicle; and   the step of displaying the representation of the sensor input event in the third vehicle on the user interface of the first vehicle includes displaying at least one of the position, the direction or the speed of the third vehicle from the information from the second message.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , where the third vehicle is outside of the predetermined proximity to the first vehicle. 
     
     
         20 . One or more computer storage media having computer executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to execute a vehicle communication method, the method comprising:
 in a first vehicle, automatically determining that a second vehicle is within a predetermined proximity to the first vehicle;   responsive to determining that the second vehicle is within the predetermined proximity to the first vehicle, transmitting a first message from the first vehicle to the second vehicle;   receiving a second message in the first vehicle from the second vehicle, where the second message is responsive to the first message and the second message includes information based on a sensor input event in the second vehicle;   converting at least some of the information from the second message to a representation of the sensor input event in the second vehicle; and   displaying the representation of the sensor input event in the second vehicle on a user interface of the first vehicle.